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Abiotic Factor

Deep Field Games · Playstack · 2025-07-22

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 22, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Jul 22, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 22, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.

Abiotic Factor is an Action, Adventure, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2025, priced at $34.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 59124 reviews).

1,531
playing now
96%
positive of 60k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62
twitch viewers (latest)
3.6
viewers/channel (concentration)
92/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (44 ratings)
258
Nexus mods (878k downloads)
4.58★
PlayStation Store rating (7,675 ratings)
75h
to beat · rushed 42h · completionist 97h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$34.99
steam price (US)

1,531 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Abiotic Factor is a 2025 survival game developed by New Zealand-based independent studio Deep Field Games and published by Playstack. Set in 1993, players assume the role of scientists stranded in a vast underground research facility in the Australian outback. Players must salvage furniture, collect office supplies, craft tools, build fortifications, defend against paranormal containment breaches, and travel through interdimensional portals in an effort to escape to the surface.

Trailer

Abiotic Factor trailer thumbnail

Abiotic Factor - Official Launch Trailer

≈293,757 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 1,531 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,046 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~756/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,531 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 59,823 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $15.79 at AllYouPlay (2024-05-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 75 of 109 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7.1k7.1k20242026Week of 2024-05-01: 7,076 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,724 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,625 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,689 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 823 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,095 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,373 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,396 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 707 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,406 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 898 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 923 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 796 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,111 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3,020 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,299 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 918 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3,448 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 966 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 879 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 588 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,091 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 705 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 854 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 611 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 616 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4.2k1.2k2026-09-14 20:00 — 2,980 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 1,878 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 2,045 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 3,248 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 3,278 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 1,431 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 2,713 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 2,567 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 1,391 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 3,442 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 3,004 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 1,259 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 2,352 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 1,935 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 2,130 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 4,184 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 2,308 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 1,570 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 2,430 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 3,042 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 3,011 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 1,911 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 3,167 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 1,531 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11k1.5kMay 2024Aug 2026May 2024 — avg 7,166 · peak 21,636Jun 2024 — avg 2,650 · peak 6,667Jul 2024 — avg 2,237 · peak 5,346Aug 2024 — avg 3,652 · peak 9,906Sep 2024 — avg 2,135 · peak 4,471Oct 2024 — avg 2,652 · peak 5,820Nov 2024 — avg 1,696 · peak 3,572Dec 2024 — avg 2,309 · peak 4,356Jan 2025 — avg 2,208 · peak 4,500Feb 2025 — avg 5,467 · peak 11,675Mar 2025 — avg 2,701 · peak 5,024Apr 2025 — avg 2,881 · peak 7,750May 2025 — avg 2,720 · peak 7,568Jun 2025 — avg 1,492 · peak 3,089Jul 2025 — avg 6,592 · peak 29,195Aug 2025 — avg 11,459 · peak 24,059Sep 2025 — avg 4,773 · peak 11,745Oct 2025 — avg 3,559 · peak 7,552Nov 2025 — avg 3,162 · peak 6,264Dec 2025 — avg 3,125 · peak 6,491Jan 2026 — avg 3,720 · peak 7,778Feb 2026 — avg 2,737 · peak 5,655Mar 2026 — avg 2,549 · peak 4,892Apr 2026 — avg 2,363 · peak 4,599May 2026 — avg 5,110 · peak 10,602Jun 2026 — avg 3,583 · peak 6,593Jul 2026 — avg 3,694 · peak 7,077Aug 2026 — avg 2,800 · peak 5,253
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1151152026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 115 new positive2026-09-21: 5 new negative2026-09-22: 19 new positive2026-09-23: 22 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 14 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 18 new positive2026-09-26: 26 new positive2026-09-27: 37 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new negative2026-10-01: 11 new positive2026-10-02: 40 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 20 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 37 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 25 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 24 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new negative2026-10-07: 24 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 24 new positive2026-10-10: 24 new positive2026-10-10: 5 new negative2026-10-11: 19 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-12: 26 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 31 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 14 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$34.99$13.992024-05-012026-08-142024-05-01 — best price $24.992024-05-09 — best price $19.982024-05-27 — best price $19.752024-06-13 — best price $19.732024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-07-23 — best price $18.732024-07-31 — best price $22.482024-08-20 — best price $17.772024-09-18 — best price $22.482024-10-01 — best price $15.842024-11-01 — best price $19.992024-12-02 — best price $24.992024-12-29 — best price $19.992025-01-09 — best price $17.492025-02-03 — best price $17.892025-02-20 — best price $13.992025-03-21 — best price $24.992025-04-14 — best price $18.892025-05-13 — best price $34.992025-06-29 — best price $21.242025-07-14 — best price $19.892025-07-28 — best price $20.372025-08-14 — best price $29.742025-08-31 — best price $34.992025-10-09 — best price $23.992025-11-03 — best price $27.992025-12-01 — best price $26.992025-12-23 — best price $24.002026-02-02 — best price $34.992026-02-24 — best price $34.992026-03-13 — best price $27.992026-04-01 — best price $26.452026-05-04 — best price $27.992026-05-15 — best price $23.502026-06-01 — best price $26.992026-06-20 — best price $30.992026-07-09 — best price $34.992026-07-31 — best price $20.992026-08-14 — best price $27.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3221032026-05-29 — 190 pageviews2026-06-02 — 189 pageviews2026-06-06 — 192 pageviews2026-06-10 — 174 pageviews2026-06-14 — 174 pageviews2026-06-18 — 147 pageviews2026-06-22 — 187 pageviews2026-06-26 — 255 pageviews2026-06-30 — 226 pageviews2026-07-04 — 233 pageviews2026-07-08 — 195 pageviews2026-07-12 — 207 pageviews2026-07-16 — 235 pageviews2026-07-20 — 190 pageviews2026-07-24 — 137 pageviews2026-07-28 — 179 pageviews2026-08-01 — 129 pageviews2026-08-05 — 147 pageviews2026-08-09 — 129 pageviews2026-08-13 — 103 pageviews2026-08-17 — 156 pageviews2026-08-21 — 131 pageviews2026-08-25 — 155 pageviews2026-08-29 — 134 pageviews2026-09-02 — 148 pageviews2026-09-06 — 151 pageviews2026-09-10 — 169 pageviews2026-09-14 — 223 pageviews2026-09-18 — 157 pageviews2026-09-22 — 160 pageviews2026-09-26 — 161 pageviews2026-09-30 — 153 pageviews2026-10-04 — 155 pageviews2026-10-08 — 156 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.6k92026-09-30 18:34 — 95 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 368 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 96 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 116 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 181 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 119 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 232 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 104 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 165 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 182 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 460 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 115 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 161 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 90 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 164 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 120 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 121 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 67 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 75 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 275 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 87 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 99 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 80 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 104 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 180 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 117 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 189 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 62 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
97.2%
earned "Crafty Creations"
24.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text Size3 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2025-07-22, latest 2026-12-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)29,4724%53
PS5 (PlayStation)9,7697%54
Xbox Series (Xbox)9,4352%53

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSSci-fiSandboxScienceBuildingCraftingSurvivalExplorationMultiplayerEarly Access

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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